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TAXES: Any sort of forced or coerced payments to government. The primary reason government collects taxes is to get the revenue needed to finance public goods and pay administrative expenses. However, the more astute leaders of the first estate have recognized over the years that taxes have other effects, including--(1) redirecting resources from one good to another and (2) altering the total amount of production in the economy. As such, taxes have been used to correct market failures, equalize the income distribution, achieve efficiency, stabilize business cycles, and promote economic growth.

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CURRENCY

Pieces of paper and metal coins that circulate around the economy as the medium of exchange. Currency is usually (not always, but usually) authorized and used by the national government. U.S. currency is denominated in dollars and issued the Federal Reserve System (paper currency) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (metal coins). Currency is approximately one-half of the official M1 monetary aggregate tracked by the Federal Reserve System. The other half is checkable deposits maintained by banks.

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